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Contact Information:

Center for Disabilities
Pediatrics - Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota
1400 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
phone: 605-357-1439
phone2: 1-800-658-3080 (V/TTY)
fax: 605-357-1438
cd@usd.edu

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Last Modified: 06/03/09

nofas south dakota NOFAS South Dakota is a program of the Center for Disabilities.  NOFAS South Dakota focuses on Training, Services and Supports, Information Dissemination, and Research as they relate to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).   NOFAS South Dakota provides a home for all the current and future efforts of the Center for Disabilities in the area of FASD.

NOFAS South Dakota will seek to improve FASD prevention efforts, to improve FASD identification efforts, and to improve the services and supports provided to individuals affected by FASD.

There is an opportunity for individuals to participate in a research study regarding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.  For more information on this study, please use the link below to download more information. Study through The University of South Dakota focusing on listening, auditory processing and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.

Receive e-mails about research, interesting websites, upcoming trainings and more by signing up for the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders e-mail list.  Click here to access the USD E-mail Lists page (once you've accessed the page, scroll down to and then click "FASD-List," then click "Join or Leave FASD-List" to enter your e-mail address and join the list.

The term Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) covers  a wide range of effects which can occur in individuals born to mothers who drank alcohol during pregnancy.  FASD is not a diagnostic term but rather an umbrella term used to encompass a variety of diagnoses.  The following diagnostic categories were established by the Institutes of Medicine in their 1996 publication of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment.

• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) with confirmed maternal alcohol exposure
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) without confirmed maternal alcohol exposure
• Partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (PFAS) with confirmed maternal alcohol exposure
• Partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (PFAS) without confirmed maternal alcohol exposure
• Alcohol-Related Birth Defects (ARBD)
• Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND)

All Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are caused by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy.   While the effects of FASD are irreversible, it is important to remember that all FASD are 100% preventable.

For more information contact:
NOFAS South Dakota
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Institute
Center for Disabilities
Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota
1400 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105
Phone - (605) 357-1439 or 1-800-658-3080 (Voice/TTY)
E-mail - cd@usd.edu